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Happy Earth Day!
Today is Earth Day! The first Earth Day was 49 years ago in 1970. Green City Challenge celebrated Earth Day twice last week by bringing our games to two schools in Manhattan. On Tuesday, April 16 we were at PS 185 and presented the games to 4th and 5th graders. On Thursday, April 18 we […]
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10 Tips to Stay Cool and Save Energy This Summer – by Kim A. Vu
As the mercury rises this summer, most of us switch on our air-conditioners and also expect our energy bills to start soaring as well. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Here are my top 10 tips to stay cool this summer without having to break the piggy bank: 1. Use fans instead of […]
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The Great Consumption Debate: Wild vs Farmed Fish by Kim A. Vu
With a greater push toward healthy eating, we are being encouraged to eat 2 servings of fish or seafood a week. Concurrently, the question of whether farmed fish or wild caught fish is better grows more prevalent. The knee-jerk environmental response would be to assume that farmed fish is the way to go to protect […]
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Compostable? It’s Possible By Kim A. Vu
Like me, some of you may be thinking of ways to live in a greener, healthier, more environmentally conscious way. For me, eating lots of fresh produce and cooking at home as often as possible allows me to: a) Know exactly what I put into my body from a nutritional point of view; b) Cut […]
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Perma – what? By Kim Vu
At a recent NYC Green Drinks – Spark Speaker Series event, I was opened up to the world of permaculture by Andrew Faust. Â Andrew is a permaculture guru and the co-founder of the Center for BioRegional Living where he teaches Permaculture Design. Â In our ever growing environmentally conscious world, permaculture is a word I have […]
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